Manchurian currant ( lat. Ribes mandshuricum [2] ) - a plant from the genus Currant , family Gooseberries ( Grossulariaceae ).
| Manchurian currant |
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Ribes mandshuricum ( Maxim. ) Kom. |
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- Ribes mandshuricum var. subglabrum Kom.
- Ribes multiflorum var. mandshuricum maxim. basionym
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Content
Shrub on average up to two meters tall, in the open area more bushy and stunted. The bark is light gray, exfoliating in small plates. Leaves up to 9 cm long and 11 cm wide, large brushes, up to 12 cm long. Flowers up to 16 mm in diameter, numerous, greenish-yellow. Fruits up to 9 mm in diameter, red, edible. The taste is very sour, tart.
It lives on rocky slopes, in gorges, forests. General distribution: China , Korea , the south of the Far East . It is found in individual specimens and small thickets. It is protected in reserves .
In GBS since 1954, 15 copies. grown from seeds obtained from culture, as well as from seeds and seedlings from natural habitats of the Far East and 10 specimens. seed and vegetative reproduction. Shrub in the first year, height 0.5 m, in 2 years - 0.7 m, marginal height 1.7 m, crown diameter 180 cm. It grows rapidly at a young age, then slowly. It grows from mid-April to early September. It blooms from 3 years, in the second and third decades of May, 14 days. Fruits in 5-6 years, single fruits, ripen in mid-August. Full winter hardiness. Seed germination of 65%. Rooted cuttings of 63% in cold greenhouses using growth stimulants.
- ↑ For the conventionality of specifying the class of dicotyledons as a superior taxon for the plant group described in this article, see the APG Systems section of the Dicotyledonous article .
- ↑ Some sources, such as IPNI , use a species epithet record without the letter d - manshuricum
